Hi RB... Very interesting question is raised by your blog... Here's my take... When playing with "friends" live or online I insist on everyone playing their "A" game... Many players enjoy beating their friends at poker more than they do strangers!! If less than 100% is given by anyone the winners victory is tainted... Give your best at all times and insist everyone else does the same!!!

Best of luck!!
coddfish

I would have bet the top 2 pair because its a pretty strong hand on that flop. If the all-in player has you beat he probably needs a set to win. I would have bet. Betting a dry pot is usually frowned upon if you bet with nothing and player B folds and all-in player wins pot.

oh yessssss...of course we're still friends...shakin heads...shakin it off...shakin our booty still ♪♫♂♀♪♫...poker buds forever ;o)))

Please note no frienships were damaged during this match....as far as I know lol...we've chatted since.

To answer deadaswoods question when is it dry?...when player to my left raises pot an additonal 500 bucs and causes him to be all in and we both call it becomes dry.
Definition of a dry pot
I quote " A side pot with no money created when a player goes all in and is called by more than one opponent,but not raised. If subsequent betting occurs, the money will go to the dry pot...My question is focused around my actions...should I have bet 3rd and 4th street to attempt to get her to fold?
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R

All of us have played together and i dont believe in betting a drypot unless you have a really good hand with the 2 pair i maybe would have put out a bet just to show you have a hand..... i have a new blog up about donkey plays.. check it out!

if u was in a wsop tourney or a boxing match an was friends, what ever the out come some1s going down, u play with roulette, u gonna get pushed simple as that hheehe, lol buddys shake hands afterwards move onto the next 1....

im lost, where is the allin player? how is this a dry pot scenario????

I don't like commenting on poker hands because quite frankly I'm no good at the game. Common sense, however, tells me this. Once the all-inner is committed his fate against your hand and anyone else in the pot is sealed. Your fate against his hand is sealed but not so against the other players. You always have a better shot at winning against one player. I would of bet that two big pair, showing my strength, hoping to get the other players out. I think the "check it down theory" is nonsense.

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no actual cash was lost or gained by either player squash it move on and remind eachother its fine in these little one dont fck with me like that in the 5k or 30 k thats why were here to better our gasme and try n pick up some cash.Dry pot bets r optional although not always the right play sometimes u gotta do what your gut tells u to do not some book some dude wrote u know.thats my 2 cents hoep i helped lol u 2 get along way to well to let a 10 dollar turbo interfer with something far greater.

Now, had I been in 'usual unfriendly' mode and you had been in 'unusual unfriendly' mode and bet the flop into a dry pot, etc., would I have folded p9's? Maybe, maybe not. My very first live HE poker hand (at the Bellagio) was p9's and I hit quads. Since then, I'm pretty partial to em and pretty Pussshy with em ;oP

(cont) Apparently you didn't give 2 hoots either if I hit the dang str8. That pot may have looked dry to you but my blood was boiling over it. Ahhh well... A little friendly fire tis all. We were jest buttin heads while dancing a ♪♫full tilt boogie♪♫ my friend. My head has got another crack in it now too tyvm. I've signed us up for dancing lessons, my treat ;o)))

Actually it was more Butthead to Butthead I think. ANALYZE my perspective: 3 of us in a hand after preflop raises etc. Because I was on tilt from previous hand in another tourney, the only thing I saw after my call to the raises was~~~ check, check ~~~ B9 BINGO~~~ ALL-IN!
I absolutely did not give 2 hoots if someone hit that str8. Normally, I would have checked it down with having jest the set, friend or no friend. I did think you hit the str8 when you called me. FOR SURE.